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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AfghanistanAlbaniaSpain
22,2063,08540,378
22,4613,06540,563
22,5073,04740,775
23,6003,03841,433
25,0053,02642,205
25,6983,01442,869
26,3352,99843,672
27,1542,97944,370
27,3872,95745,246
27,7062,93445,993
28,4842,91546,378
29,1212,90046,573
29,7582,89246,746
30,4202,88846,777
31,1082,88246,603
31,8232,87646,465
32,5642,86846,420
33,3322,86346,460
34,1252,86146,543
34,9412,85446,739
35,9722,84247,116
37,0342,82547,366
38,1272,79947,342
39,2522,78747,625

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.